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== Usage ==
== Usage ==


'''Object Complement'''
===Object Complement===


=== Example 1 ===
'''Example 1'''


The student body voted Lucy <u>prom queen</u>.  
The student body voted Lucy <u>prom queen</u>.  
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*"Lucy" is the direct object of the sentence, "voted" is the transitive verb, and "prom queen" is the object complement as it modifies the direct object "Lucy".
*"Lucy" is the direct object of the sentence, "voted" is the transitive verb, and "prom queen" is the object complement as it modifies the direct object "Lucy".


=== Example 2 ===
'''Example 2'''


The drug will keep your body <u>healthy</u>.
The drug will keep your body <u>healthy</u>.
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*"Your body" is the direct object of the transitive verb "keep", and "healthy" is the object compliment as it refers to the direct object "your body".
*"Your body" is the direct object of the transitive verb "keep", and "healthy" is the object compliment as it refers to the direct object "your body".


'''Subject Compliment'''
=== Subject Complement ===


[[Subject complements]] are similar to an object compliments as they perform essentially the same function: modifying a noun or pronoun within a [[sentence]]. However, subject compliments modify or refer to a sentence's subject only.  
[[Subject complements]] are similar to an object compliments as they perform essentially the same function: modifying a noun or pronoun within a [[sentence]]. However, subject compliments modify or refer to a sentence's subject only.  


=== Example ===
'''Example'''


Lucy became the <u>prom queen</u>.
Lucy became the <u>prom queen</u>.
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